Review of Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) by Daniela G — 03 Oct 2008

Javier Bardem's performance is definitely what saves this little adaptation. And maybe the green images of Cartagena.

This review of Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) was written by Daniela G on 03 Oct 2008.

Love in the Time of Cholera has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Veronica H (65) on 01 Jul 2013

A Wonderful love story.. Really love it! Love romantic movies…

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By Camila V (11) on 10 Nov 2013

It is almost impossible to catch Garcia Marquez's book awesomeness on screen, of course the movie couldn't but it's still beautiful, landscapes…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 17 Mar 2017

Lush, extravagant, sad and touching, Love in the Time of Cholera still feels weirdly insubstantial when all the febrile passion has abated…

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By Frances H (1,591) on 10 Mar 2013

It should've been made in Spanish. Even though it's beautifully filmed, Love in the Time of Cholera is slow, comedic, and too melodramatic…

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Newell has done some fine work in all sorts of genres, from “Four Weddings and a Funeral” to “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,”…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 12 Dec 2012

Is there another great modern writer so hard to translate successfully into cinema? Saul Bellow? Again, it's all in the language…

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By Kyle G (805) on 22 May 2012

Shamelessly planting itself entirely within a puffy abstraction, Mike Newell's adaptation doesn't pause to consider or justify it and so winds…

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By Facu S (119) on 03 Aug 2013

No se xq fue tan famosa esta pelicula, a mi me parecio una porqueria aburrida q dura encima 2:18hs, con 1:30hs bastaba de sobra…

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By T K (40) on 06 Sep 2017

One of my favorite books. Begs the question, can the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez EVER be done justice? I loved the movie…

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By Megan A (149) on 07 Sep 2012

Wholely inadequate adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's meditation on love in its myriad forms…

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